On Wednesday, June 2, the Henry Pride celebrated their last day of school and the beginning of a new chapter with a special carnival! The sun was shining and the games were in full force- check out just a few snapshots from this fun-filled morning!
Last Thursday evening, May 27, the Dragons at Cole Middle School hosted their annual ColeChella end-of-year concert for their entire community! The lively student performances included R&B, Hip-Hop, Pop-Rock, Nortena, and Drumline Ensembles. The event included cameos from musicians from Denver who played along with many of the ensembles. Check out just a few pictures from the awesome event!
Check out this news story from Denver7, featuring Senior & "Legacy Dragon" Paton Janz. He is part of a special group of students who were the first to matriculate all the way up from CASA, through Cole MS, and are now graduating from Cole HS this year!
As we in DSST continue to celebrate the multiple cultures, experiences, and backgrounds we have in our community, we are actively seeking to spotlight the living greatness of our staff. For Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage month, we want our staff and students, particularly, to know that there is living AAPI history right inside our schools and home office. Therefore, we want to be intentional with disrupting the narrative that AAPI is only those nations, states and territories and people that border the Pacific Ocean (most prominently Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, Japan, China, and Korea). We are well aware that Asia includes nations that border the Indian Ocean and those that border no ocean.
Take a MOMENT for your ENROLLMENT!
After wrapping up iReady testing, the entire 7th grade class at Aurora Science & Tech participated in a special community day afternoon led by 7th grade Social Studies teacher, Allie Crites. Together, students built a model B-17, a bomber plane that was used by the US Army Air Force during World War II.
The Pointed Problem: Increasing Rigor Amid Myriad New Challenges
After less than two years on the job, Denver Public Schools superintendent Susana Cordova resigned last fall. She said it was because she got an amazing job opportunity in Dallas, Texas, but some think she was pushed out by a school board that disagreed with her vision. At the center of that conflict? Education Reform, a nationwide movement that found a fertile testing ground here in Denver about 15 years ago under then superintendent Michael Bennet (Yes, that Michael Bennet). So what is Education Reform? How did it get so controversial? And what does the board’s search for a new superintendent say about the future of the reform movement here in Denver?
Teacher diversity is important to me for a different reason than a lot of other people in my field. There is research that shows that all students benefit from a diverse teaching staff — period. All students benefit from a diverse leadership staff — period. When I say all students, that means not just Black and Brown students, but also Asian American students, white students, students with special needs, students who are second language learners, LGBTQIA students. All of them benefit from a diverse teaching staff.
